Post 4P Model

As I have been spending a lot of time thinking about what is God’s plan for my life and what will the next chapter of my life look like, I thought it would be interesting to share what God has been directing me with. I put it into a model so that it is easy for me to remember. Here it is:

The Post 4P Model
Passions
Principles
Practices
Purpose

PASSIONS – what are your passions? What do you love to do and you find you never get tired when you are doing these things? For me my passion is to coach and develop people to become better. This takes the shape of engaging, inspiring and empowering people who I interact with. Passions are your motivation. It is the WHY.

PRINCIPLES – these are the standards that you try to operate by. As I have led teams, I have tried to operate under the following 5 Leadership Principles:

Create a team that people want to be part of
Have open and honest communication – operate with an open door policy that welcomes anyone to come in a talk about whatever is on their heart
Development is a high priority – always focus on helping the person to be better at whatever they do
Do it first, do it best – speed and excellence
Maintain work life balance – create an environment that is helps people not be one dimensional

This is the HOW

PRACTICES – these are your skills or talents that you bring to the table. Strengthfinders is a book that can help with this if you do not know what your skills are. For me, my strengths are:

Relator
Strategic
Responsibility
Analytical
Maximizer

This is the WAY I do things.

PURPOSE – this is the mission of the organization that you work for. If you don’t believe in the purpose, it will be hard for you to be “all in” and you will not be as motivated and fulfilled doing your job.

Passions, Principles and Practices are all about who you are and what you bring to the table. The Purpose is about aligning the first three with what you do and who you do it for. This is the WHAT.

For the past 20 years I have aligned my passions, principles and practices with the purpose of Target. I believed in the values that Target held and I was able to contribute to its purpose. However, I am now much more driven to align my 3 P’s with a new purpose, which I feel God is leading me towards. I feel God is leading me to work for His purpose and find an organization that needs my Passions, Principles and Practices to help it achieve its Purpose.

Life is too short to spend you time doing things that don’t align who you are with what you do.

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